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This came up today in a discussion with a business friend of mine, (he's not a big marketer but is more into website development and does some SEO). I know that when people write articles, (and books), they often use an Alias to either

1) protect their identity ~ or ~
2) create multiple personas (maybe related to a niche).

I've read mixed things on using Aliases for things like social media (twitter, etc).

What are your thoughts?

Do you or don't you? And why/why not?

I'm curious.

Amber
#aliases
  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
      Hugo, buddy, long time, no see! Fenton Quagmire, from the Cauliflower Promotion Board, remember?

      Seriously, though, I use pen names much like Alexa does. I will also use pen names (different from the niche alias) on articles when I don't want to look overly self-promotional.
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    • Profile picture of the author Colin Theriot
      Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

      Hugo Z. Hackenbush
      What's ironic about your post is how people think my real name is fake, and my fake names are real. Even though I use stuff like characters from Voltron as aliases.

      Fair warning, I'm like 50 different people, and I am experimenting on you all CONSTANTLY. It's possible you could be getting as many as 10 different emails from me every day and think it's all different people.

      Shh. Don't tell anyone!

      Sincerely,
      Les Orcier
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      • Profile picture of the author Janice Sperry
        Originally Posted by Colin Theriot View Post

        What's ironic about your post is how people think my real name is fake, and my fake names are real. Even though I use stuff like characters from Voltron as aliases.

        Fair warning, I'm like 50 different people, and I am experimenting on you all CONSTANTLY. It's possible you could be getting as many as 10 different emails from me every day and think it's all different people.

        Shh. Don't tell anyone!

        Sincerely,
        Les Orcier
        I think I got 10 emails from all of you today!
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  • Profile picture of the author spradlig
    I use aliases for article marketing and on any automated tool I use. I haven't been at this very long but it doesn't seem hard to get a username or IP banned by an old, outdated piece of automation. Nor is it hard to get yourself banned if you use a tool incorrectly.

    So I use aliases to minimize the risk that getting accidentally banned will wipe out a lot of my revenue or site traffic. If I create a new set of aliases for each domain then it tends to firewall one domain from another in terms of risk and traffic.
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    • Profile picture of the author Amber Jalink
      Thanks for your responses so far - I was figuring the same thing - keeps your niches private.

      Originally Posted by spradlig View Post

      I use aliases for article marketing and on any automated tool I use. I haven't been at this very long but it doesn't seem hard to get a username or IP banned by an old, outdated piece of automation. Nor is it hard to get yourself banned if you use a tool incorrectly.

      So I use aliases to minimize the risk that getting accidentally banned will wipe out a lot of my revenue or site traffic. If I create a new set of aliases for each domain then it tends to firewall one domain from another in terms of risk and traffic.
      This is a good point too.

      Funny, I'm thinking its more the marketers who are okay with aliases (pen names), and its ones who aren't marketers that seem to say its not okay. (At least from what I've read elsewhere).

      Then again, that's not a hard and fast rule either. Perhaps those people only promote in one niche exclusively.

      Amber
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  • Profile picture of the author ButterflyGarden
    How do you manage all your identities? I'm really curious how you manage, do you use the same IP for your postings etc...
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  • Profile picture of the author Venturetothetop
    I work in media, so it became annoying when people tried to add me as a Friend on Social Network sites etc after seeing me on TV in my earlier years.

    I now use an alias for Internet marketing and an alias for my media work (they are similar and I use real pictures of myself). If people make the connection then bravo, but since they are mostly different interest groups it helps me target my followers easier too.
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